# Accident 20001001039529A: Piper PA28181, Boone, NC, October 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2000, 16:05 local time
- Place: Boone, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2003° N, 81.6596° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2003&lon=-81.6596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43055, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43055) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001039529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON OCTOBER 1, 2000, ABOUT 1605 EDT, A PIPER PA-28-181, N43055, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, CRASHED WHILE ATTMEPTING TO LAND AT WATAUGA COUNTY AIRPORT, BOONE, NC. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT IN PINEHURST, NC AT APPROX. 1450. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND WATER. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINRO INJURIES. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 31 AND WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE A/C TO A STOP, THE A/C THEN EXITED OFF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED DOWN A SEVEN FOOT EMBANKMENT INTO A CREEK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL01LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA002), Oct 1, 2000: Piper PA-28-181 (N43055), Boone, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance which resulted in an overrun of the runway. A contributing factor was the tailwind condition.

## Other reports on N43055 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940613015139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940613015139I), Jun 13, 1994: Piper PA28181 (N43055), Wilmington, DE, Substantial damage. Struck a deer on takeoff. Severed right main landing gear. Continued to base. Right wing damaged landing minus gear

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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